POWERGRID has established Smart Grid Knowledge Center (SGKC) at Manesar, a state-of-the-art platform for demonstration and outreach for Smart Grid technologies with support from the Ministry of Power (MoP), Government of India (GoI) and National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM). The SGKC was formally inaugurated by Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Power (I/C), Sh. R K Singh on 19th September 2018.
SGKC is being developed as one of the leading Centers of Excellence (CoE) globally to foster partnerships, innovation and entrepreneurship in Smart Grid technologies and create capacities in the power sector. In order to meet this objective, the Strategic Roadmap for SGKC was prepared under USAID SPARC program in association with POWERGRID and NSGM. The Strategic Roadmap document includes establishment of Innovation Park, Technology Incubation Hub and SGKC to be a preferred institute of learning for Smart Grid technologies.
This roadmap was formally released by Add. Secretary (Power), MoP on 30th June 2020 during virtual private sector consultation event organized to promote & seek stakeholder’s feedback on proposed Innovation Park at the Smart Grid Knowledge Center (SGKC).
Sh. R K Singh, Hon'ble Union Minister of Power has launched the Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Center (VSGKC) and Innovation Park in the presence of Sh. Krishan Pal, Hon'ble MOSP and other senior officials of MoP, POWERGRID, NSGM and USAID on 8th March 2022. The VSGKC is a platform to showcase advanced technologies in power distribution sector. It has been developed by POWERGRID with technical support from NSGM and USAID and will - (i) Provide service offerings that can be significantly expanded without limit of physical space, (ii) Give more access to wider audience even during times when mobility is disrupted, (iii) Allow larger set of global solutions to be brought under the ambit of COE, (iv) Be responsive to the charging power sector technology landscape through timely upgradation. The Virtual SGKC can be accessed from here.